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Human rights defender Enes Hocaoğulları was arbitrarily detained on 5 August after being arrested at Esenboğa airport in Ankara, on his return to Turkey after a conference at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. He is accused of "propagating misleading information" and of "inciting hatred and hostility" according to an indictment dated 8 August.
31 MEPs urge EU action for release of CoE youth delegate arrested in Turkey over Strasbourg speech - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Thirty-one members of the European Parliament have called on the European Commission to take urgent diplomatic and political steps for the release of Enes Hocaoğulları, a 23-year-old LGBTQ+ activist and Turkey’s youth delegate to the Council of Europe, who was arrested earlier this month over a speech he delivered in Strasbourg criticizing police violence and the detention of opposition mayors, Turkish Minute reported. Together with over 30 MEP…
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